hornpipe · Key of D

Sweep's Hornpipe, The

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Sweep's Hornpipe"The Sweep's Hornpipehornpipe3532525205400405202370352045204253Tenor Banjo3252520540040520232054024525Tenor Banjo42402450232054520220250050Tenor Banjo42402450232054520205402452045Tenor Banjo3333333333353232020505454242020575353232020505454242053Tenor Banjo3333333323202050545424202050545423054024525Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 1613Notes:"Collected by J. O'Neill"
ABC notation source
X:1613
T:Sweep's Hornpipe, The
R:hornpipe
N:"Collected by J. O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 1613
M:2/4
L:1/16
K:D
a>g | (3faf d>f A>dF>A | D>FA>d f2e>f | g>be>g d>fA>F | G>BA>F E2a>g |
(3faf d>f A>dF>A | D>FA>d f2e>f | g>fe>d c>AB>c | d2f2 d2 :|
|: z2 | F>EF>A B>cd>e | f>gf>e d>cd>B | A2f2 f>ef2 | G2e2 e>de2 |
F>EF>A B>cd>e | f>gf>e d>cd>B | A>fe>d c>AB>c | d>fe>c d2 :|
|: a>g | (3fgf (3efe (3ded (3cdc | (3BcB (3ABA G2b>a | (gag (3fgf (3efe (3ded | (3cdc (3BcB A2a>g |
(3fgf (3efe (3ded (3cdc | (3BcB (3ABA (3GAG (3FGF | E>ge>d c>AB>c | d2 f2 d2 :||
FAQ

Questions about Sweep's Hornpipe, The

  • Sweep's Hornpipe, The is in D, in 2/4 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Easy. 99% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.

  • It is a hornpipe, written in 2/4.

  • Yes. Tenor banjo, mandolin and octave mandola are all tuned GDAE, so the tab above is identical for all three. A bouzouki tuned GDAD needs the top string adjusting, which the converter handles.

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